Top 5 News Apps Performance in Oceania Q4 2025

In the fourth quarter of 2025, the performance of the top news applications on a unified platform in Oceania exhibited notable trends. The data, sourced from Sensor Tower, provides insights into weekly downloads, revenue, and active user metrics.

X from X Corp. saw a significant increase in weekly revenue, peaking at approximately $95.7K in early December. Weekly downloads fluctuated throughout the quarter, reaching a high of 38.9K in the week of December 8. However, there was a slight decline in weekly active users from 2.3M at the beginning of the quarter to about 2M by the end.

Reddit maintained a steady performance, with weekly revenue peaking at around $2.8K in early November. Downloads increased steadily, reaching over 23K in mid-November, while active users consistently hovered around 1.6M throughout the quarter.

Substack experienced a modest revenue peak of $182 in the first week of October. Downloads showed a significant rise towards the end of the quarter, hitting 13.3K in the last week of December. Active users increased from 181K to approximately 182K by the quarter's end.

Emergency WA witnessed a remarkable increase in downloads, especially in December, with a peak of 34.4K in the final week. Active users also surged, climbing from 37.8K at the start of the quarter to 125K by the end.

7NEWS Australia had a varied performance with downloads peaking at 4.6K in mid-December. Active user numbers saw a slight decline from 77K at the beginning of the quarter to 64.4K by its conclusion.

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